The findings add to the growing body of evidence that suggests that there is no risk-free level of secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke, also called environmental tobacco smoke, contains an array of harmful chemicals, including nicotine, which have been shown to increase one’s risk for cardiovascular disease. Exposure to such smoke causes upwards of 50,000 heart disease deaths in adult nonsmokers every year in the United States, making it a major public health concern.

here in california you aren't allowed to smoke w/i 20 feet of the door to buildings. but lots of restaurants and all the indoor malls i've been to have people RIGHT THERE w/i 5 feet of the door smoking. i hate it for my kids and for the smell. why does anyone start smoking these days? honestly, it's not like we don't know it's bad for you, it's addictive and expensive.

I don't even know anyone who smokes so we don't have to worry about people smoking around our kids. The restaurants here are all smoke free and even the bowling alleys are smoke free now so I don't think my kids have ever even smelled cigarette smoke. In this day and age I don't know why anybody would even smoke at all, let alone around children.
And my mom was the same way when I was younger, AFRY. She would tell people off for smoking in public and make them move away from us. It used to be sooo embarrassing for me when I was a kid but I am really grateful now because I was never really exposed to smoke as a child and never even considered smoking as a teen or young adult.

I don't even know anyone who smokes so we don't have to worry about people smoking around our kids. The restaurants here are all smoke free and even the bowling alleys are smoke free now so I don't think my kids have ever even smelled cigarette smoke. In this day and age I don't know why anybody would even smoke at all, let alone around children.And my mom was the same way when I was younger, AFRY. She would tell people off for smoking in public and make them move away from us. It used to be sooo embarrassing for me when I was a kid but I am really grateful now because I was never really exposed to smoke as a child and never even considered smoking as a teen or young adult.

There seems to be a correlation among my friends between smoking parents and emotional problems in their children. If parents smoke, that also increases the chances of their children smoking when they grow up. Just one more reason not to smoke!
As for strangers smoking around children, I hate it!!! When my parents used to bring me to casinos, I used to hold my nose and try not to breathe the whole time I was there! I also used to yell at random smokers on the sidewalk, telling them not to smoke around children! I was really a pain in the butt, but I bet my little lectures had some impact on those people!

There seems to be a correlation among my friends between smoking parents and emotional problems in their children. If parents smoke, that also increases the chances of their children smoking when they grow up. Just one more reason not to smoke!As for strangers smoking around children, I hate it!!! When my parents used to bring me to casinos, I used to hold my nose and try not to breathe the whole time I was there! I also used to yell at random smokers on the sidewalk, telling them not to smoke around children! I was really a pain in the butt, but I bet my little lectures had some impact on those people!

Neither my husband nor I smoke, so that makes things in the house easier. Any smoking guests are required to smoke outside and wash up thoroughly upon returning to the house.My sister smokes. I kept a change of clothes at my house for her to wear when she came over when my kids were newborns. She thought I was crazy, but the chemicals and nicotine permeate clothing and leach in to delicate skin.I have asthma so I take this very seriously.

Neither my husband nor I smoke, so that makes things in the house easier.
Any smoking guests are required to smoke outside and wash up thoroughly upon returning to the house.
My sister smokes. I kept a change of clothes at my house for her to wear when she came over when my kids were newborns. She thought I was crazy, but the chemicals and nicotine permeate clothing and leach in to delicate skin.
I have asthma so I take this very seriously.